The role of MYH gene in genetic predisposition to colorectal cancer: Another piece of the puzzle

Cancer Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 308-313

  Avezzù, Alessandra ^a   Agostini, Marco ^b   Pucciarelli, Salvatore ^b   Lise, Mauro ^a   Urso, Emanuele Damiano ^b   Mammi, Isabella ^c   Maretto, Isacco ^b   Enzo, Maria Vittoria ^b   Pastrello, Chiara ^a   Lise, Mario ^a,b   Nitti, Donato ^b   Viel, Alessandra ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c ULSS 13   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; MYH; Polyposis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYH GENE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GENE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION;

EID: 48749090886     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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